Where does “moské” come from?
moské (Swedish) comes from French mosquée, from Italian moschea, from Spanish mezquita, from Arabic مَسْجِد, from Arabic سَجَدَ, from Arabic ج — Abbreviation of جَمْع.
Ancestry of “moské”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | mosquée | mosque |
| 2 | Italian | moschea | mosque |
| 3 | Spanish | mezquita | mosque; a Native American religious site |
| 4 | Arabic | مَسْجِد | mosque; place of worship |
| 5 | Arabic | سَجَدَ | to bow down; to bow in reverence; to prostrate,... |
| 6 | Arabic | ج | Abbreviation of جَمْع |